1845 Christian Christophel was taxed in Beaver Twp, Mahoning County, Ohio for 2 horses and 5 cattle (no land). WS Reed, the future father-in-law of his son John is taxed in the same township.
1848 Christian Christophel arrived with his family in Elkhart County, Indiana from Columbiana County, Ohio and bought a farm in Jackson Twp. [1]
See also [2]
[1] Daniel K. Cassel, History of the Mennonites (1888), 159, [InternetArchive].
[2] David L Miller, Record of the Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, 39, [GoogleBooks].